By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.